Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 23:53:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> Cc: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fastest possible FreeBSD system? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970609235150.323k-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199706100304.VAA18334@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>
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On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Steve Passe wrote: > Hi, > > > > 233mHz PPros, now that the PII is available, and intel is struggling to make > > > the PII look attractive from a performance point of view. > > > > I thought the PII was intented to a consumer level product, while the > > PPro was the server/workstation product? The smaller cache, and new cost > > saving chip packaging seems to point towards targetting the consumer > > market. > > The cache isn't smaller, just slower. Since a PII-233x512 will outperform > a PPro-200x512, and is already considerably cheaper, I don't see a > consumer vs server distinction (even if intel sales might want us to think so). > It's not clear to me yet whether the PII will support a quad setup, but > dual boards are available now. > > Intel Pentium II 266 512K $888 > Intel Pentium II 233 512K $748 > Intel Pentium Pro 200 512K $1072 > Intel Pentium Pro 200 256K $525 > > --- > > What about the difference between a PPro with 256k onchip cache, as > >opposed to 512k onchip cache? > > I haven't seen anything definative on this yet. Since you can't turn off > the top 256k cache its hard to find otherwise identical setups for a fair test. Steve, since the PPro cache is accessed at the clock rate, and the Pentium II cache is accessed at the bus rate, I would think the PPro would win hands down, in performance, no? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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